THT Daily: May 26
Major League News for May 25
Scoreboard
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Stats
Scoreboard
American League BAL 2 SEA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 4 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 13 KC 8 (Recap and Boxscore) DET is 13-1 in last 14; KC has lost 13 in a row. TEX 8 OAK 7 (Recap and Boxscore) National League PHI 5 NYN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 8 HOU 5 (Recap and Boxscore)
Standings
The graphics next to each team are called “sparklines.” They depict each team’s performance over the last month. Each “up” bar is a victory and a “down” bar is a loss. There are horizontal lines for home games and gray bars represent games decided by two runs or less. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.
American League East BOS 27 18 .600 0.0NYA 26 19 .578 1.0
TOR 25 21 .543 2.5
BAL 22 26 .458 6.5
TB 21 27 .438 7.5
American League Central DET 33 14 .702 0.0
CHA 31 15 .674 1.5
CLE 23 23 .500 9.5
MIN 20 26 .435 12.5
KC 10 35 .222 22.0
American League West TEX 24 23 .511 0.0
OAK 22 25 .468 2.0
SEA 22 27 .449 3.0
LAA 19 28 .404 5.0
National League East NYN 28 18 .609 0.0
PHI 24 22 .522 4.0
ATL 24 23 .511 4.5
WAS 19 29 .396 10.0
FLA 14 31 .311 13.5
National League Central STL 31 16 .660 0.0
CIN 27 20 .574 4.0
HOU 25 23 .521 6.5
MIL 24 23 .511 7.0
CHN 18 28 .391 12.5
PIT 14 33 .298 17.0
National League West ARI 27 19 .587 0.0
LAN 27 20 .574 0.5
COL 25 22 .532 2.5
SF 24 23 .511 3.5
SD 24 23 .511 3.5
Game of the Day
I was actually watching the Texas-Oakland game last night and stopped when the A’s took a 7-0 lead. Wouldn’t you know that Texas would come back and win, 8-7. Phil Nevin’s home run in the bottom of the ninth was the game-winning blow, but the star of the game was Ian Kinsler who hit two important home runs and went 3 for 4 in his first day back from the disabled list.
OAKLAND (7) VS TEXAS (8) - FINAL
OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M Ellis 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .240
M Kotsay cf 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 .282
B Crosby ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .223
E Chavez 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .276
F Thomas dh 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 .206
N Swisher lf 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 .299
A Melhuse c 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .259
B Kielty rf 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 .259
D Johnson 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .182
Totals 36 7 10 7 2 10 6
BATTING: 2B - E Chavez (7, K Millwood); N Swisher (11, K Millwood); B Kielty 2
(4, R Bauer, K Millwood). HR - M Kotsay (4, 5th inning off K Millwood 0 on, 0
Out), N Swisher (14, 5th inning off K Millwood 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - F Thomas
(23), B Kielty 2 (4), D Johnson (6), M Kotsay (20), N Swisher 2 (37). 2-out RBI
- D Johnson, N Swisher 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ellis 2.
Team LOB - 4.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Ellis-B Crosby-D Johnson).
TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Matthews Jr cf 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 .302
M Young ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 .328
M Teixeira 1b 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 .282
H Blalock 3b 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .320
P Nevin dh 5 1 1 1 0 1 5 .226
K Mench lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 .301
M DeRosa rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .337
R Barajas c 4 1 1 4 0 0 1 .246
I Kinsler 2b 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .520
Totals 36 8 11 8 5 6 16
BATTING: 3B - K Mench (1, S Karsay). HR - R Barajas (4, 6th inning off B Halsey
3 on, 2 Out), I Kinsler 2 (3, 6th inning off S Karsay 0 on, 2 Out, 8th inning
off K Calero 0 on, 1 Out), M Teixeira (5, 7th inning off S Karsay 0 on, 0 Out),
P Nevin (8, 9th inning off H Street 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Barajas 4 (16), I
Kinsler 2 (4), M Teixeira (23), P Nevin (28). 2-out RBI - R Barajas 4, I
Kinsler, P Nevin. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - K Mench 2, M DeRosa
1. GIDP - R Barajas. Team LOB - 7.
FIELDING: Outfield assists - K Mench (A Melhuse at Home).
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OAKLAND - 030 130 000 -- 7
TEXAS - 000 005 111 -- 8
Two outs when winning run scored.
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OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
B Halsey 5 2/3 6 4 4 4 2 1 3.60
S Karsay (H, 2) 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 6.35
K Calero (B, 1) 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 2 1 5.89
H Street (L, 1-2) 2/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 5.28
TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era
K Millwood 5 9 7 7 1 5 2 4.88
R Mahay 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.35
R Bauer 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.24
A Otsuka (W, 1-1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.53
Pitches-strikes: B Halsey 105-65; S Karsay 27-16; K Calero 29-18; H Street
8-6; K Millwood 91-57; R Mahay 22-17; R Bauer 16-8; A Otsuka 11-7. Ground
balls-fly balls: B Halsey 8-7; S Karsay 2-0; K Calero 0-2; H Street 1-0; K
Millwood 6-4; R Mahay 0-3; R Bauer 1-0; A Otsuka 1-1. Batters faced: B Halsey
26; S Karsay 7; K Calero 5; H Street 3; K Millwood 25; R Mahay 6; R Bauer 4; A
Otsuka 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Jim Reynolds. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Kerwin Danley. 3B--Gary
Cederstrom.
T--2:54. Att--22,006.
Weather: 89 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, out to left.
The following graph tracks the game’s Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs.
Yesterday’s Home Runs
The following stats are provided by Hit Tracker, which logs the projected distance of each home run (if it flew uninterrupted back to field level) and its “standard” distance, which is corrected for weather conditions.
Distance Batter Pitcher True Stnd. Thames DET Dessens KC 450 442 Rodriguez DET Sisco KC 427 423 Berroa KC Maroth DET 408 419 Kotsay OAK Millwood TEX 427 412 German KC Colon DET 419 409 Graffanino KC Maroth DET 396 402 Nevin TEX Street OAK 427 400 Monroe DET Dessens KC 413 399 Kinsler TEX Calero OAK 417 391 Mientkiewicz KC Maroth DET 396 384 Howard PHI Gonzalez NYM 387 384 Swisher OAK Millwood TEX 394 382 Vidro WAS Pettitte HOU 384 379 Reyes NYM Myers PHI 389 376 Kinsler TEX Karsay OAK 408 374 Abreu PHI Gonzalez NYM 372 369 Thames DET Bautista KC 366 364 Barajas TEX Halsey OAK 380 355 Teixeira TEX Karsay OAK 363 354
THT’s Stats
Here are the twenty pitchers who have thrown the most pitches so far this season. For more about pitch counts, read David Gassko’s article today about Dusty Baker’s pitcher usage.
Team Last First Pitches MIL Davis Doug 1135 HOU Oswalt Roy 1130 HOU Pettitte Andy 1125 CHN Zambrano Carlos 1100 BOS Schilling Curt 1094 BAL Lopez Rodrigo 1083 TB Kazmir Scott E 1082 NYA Johnson Randy 1082 PHI Myers Brett 1082 CIN Harang Aaron 1076 CIN Arroyo Bronson 1071 WAS Hernandez Livan 1060 FLA Willis Dontrell 1050 COL Jennings Jason 1047 SD Peavy Jake 1046 ATL Smoltz John 1045 BOS Wakefield Tim 1042 SEA Meche Gil 1040 MIN Santana Johan 1038 OAK Zito Barry 1037
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